What is your next photographic purchase

RalphLambrecht · Aug 18, 2020

selfexplaining;what are you hoping to get next; what tickles your fancy now?

mpirie · Aug 18, 2020

I'm looking for a magic bullet.

People keep telling me it doesn't exist, but that doesn't stop me from looking

Mike

Donald Qualls · Aug 18, 2020

I can only disclose what's in the plan, not what will actually happen between now and having money, but the plan is: Mamiya M645 1000s body with at least one lens and film insert, and Contax II or III body (no lens required, but should be working, ideally with the PC sync retrofit -- a IIa or IIIa may not work with my Biogon clone Jupiter-12). Worst case, I should be able to get one or both with next year's tax refund, but I'm still holding out hope for a second round of "economic impact payments" from the Feds.

logan2z · Aug 18, 2020

My next purchase is likely a 50mm lens for my Leica. Probably the Summicron f2 v5. After that probably a 28mm like the Elmarit ASPH.

Sirius Glass · Aug 18, 2020

I have been bingeing for years and following the directions of my G.A.S., and now I have come to the point that I very rarely even think about buying photographic equipment.

PFGS · Aug 18, 2020

More & bigger Ilford MGRC Deluxe is all I'm after for now.

Anon Ymous · Aug 18, 2020

A 100ft bulk roll of Ilford Delta 100, some Adox Scala 160, perhaps some Fomapan R100, to give the last two films a try. A sturdier tripod would also be nice. Another Canon AF body would be a nice addition, but not exactly a top priority.

DonW · Aug 18, 2020

A gimbal for my GH5.

Horatio · Aug 18, 2020

Bulk roll of HP5 and some chemicals.

cjbecker · Aug 18, 2020

Film/paper/chemicals, (just been ordered) hehe

And start putting stuff up for sale again now that we are settled in after having out first child.

dpurdy · Aug 19, 2020

Palladium Chloride. Not sure where I am going to get the money.

Donald Qualls · Aug 19, 2020

dpurdy said:
Palladium Chloride. Not sure where I am going to get the money.

I don't advise robbing a bank...

Sirius Glass · Aug 19, 2020

Donald Qualls said:
I don't advise robbing a bank...

Embezzlement is the way to go. It involves fewer health risks.

Donald Qualls · Aug 19, 2020

Sirius Glass said:
Embezzlement is the way to go. It involves fewer health risks.

Depends who you wind up with for a cell mate.

removed account4 · Aug 19, 2020

dpurdy said:
Palladium Chloride. Not sure where I am going to get the money.

back in university days you could sell blood for $50 a pint every few days/weeks to the allergy department of one of the hospitals in / near boston.
maybe you can find a local infirmary and see if they do similar things. might take a few visits

removed account4 · Aug 19, 2020

RalphLambrecht said:
selfexplaining;what are you hoping to get next; what tickles your fancy now?

book making supplies ( for making. ... books )
more Japanese paper for printing on and maybe turning translucent
fixer, cause you can never have too much fixer.

Donald Qualls · Aug 19, 2020

jnantz said:
back in university days you could sell blood for $50 a pint every few days/weeks to the allergy department of one of the hospitals in / near boston.
maybe you can find a local infirmary and see if they do similar things. might take a few visits

These days, it's the "Plasma Center" that will buy your plasma -- they take a unit of blood, centrifuge it, and then put the cells back into your vein (assuming nothing goes wrong). This way, you can "donate" more often (cells take longer to replace than plasma). Be prepared; many of them are in bad neighborhoods and the clientele is usually pretty sketchy -- the only thing you can be sure of about them is that they need money badly enough to sell their blood plasma. Last time I knew someone who went there, you had to have gone in several times to get up to $40 a unit -- and that was just a few years ago, so not much inflation since then.

Not sure it's a big step up from embezzlement. Maybe you'd be better off signing up with Uber or Lyft...

gdavis · Aug 19, 2020

Looking for a nice RB67 Pro SD
Tempted to get a Rokinon 24mm for astrophotography, but the odds of actually getting my butt out to the dark seem fairly low.

Bormental · Aug 20, 2020

A set of Kodak Flexicolor chemistry for C-41 development. The obstacle here is not the money (it's not expensive) but figuring out the gap between what's in Kodak PDFs and what you can actually order online.

ooze · Aug 20, 2020

A hot press (Seal) to flatten FB prints (40x50). Impossible to find where I live.

Michael Firstlight · Aug 20, 2020

Heiland Densitometer

baachitraka · Aug 20, 2020

Photographic paper and a lots of them.

bdial · Aug 20, 2020

First off, I would by some time, so that I have some for using the cameras I already have.

Realistically, some paper and chemistry, maybe some silver nitrate to try out some alt-processes.

Donald Qualls · Aug 20, 2020

Bormental said:
A set of Kodak Flexicolor chemistry for C-41 development. The obstacle here is not the money (it's not expensive) but figuring out the gap between what's in Kodak PDFs and what you can actually order online.

Tried Unique Photo in New Jersey? They usually have at least some of the Flexicolor chems in stock, and they carry the full line.

GLS · Aug 20, 2020

Probably 90mm, 210mm and 300mm lenses (in that order) for my Technikardan S45.

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